12790 Cernan

Summary

12790 Cernan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12790 Cernan is credited with the discovery of Kleť Observatory^[3].
• 12790 Cernan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12790 Cernan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kleť Observatory^[5].
• Eugene Cernan is named after 12790 Cernan^[6].
• 12790 Cernan's follows is recorded as 12789 Salvadoraguirre^[7].
• 12790 Cernan's followed by is recorded as (12791) 1995 UN4^[8].
• 12790 Cernan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12790 Cernan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12790 Cernan's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 HL6^[11].
• 12790 Cernan's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UT2^[12].
• 12790 Cernan's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EW33^[13].
• 12790 Cernan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-10-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12790 Cernan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15lj^[15].
• 12790 Cernan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012790^[16].
• 12790 Cernan's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[18].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0826727'}^[19].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08320591488306878'}^[20].
• 12790 Cernan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[21].
• 12790 Cernan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.45'}^[22].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.33977'}^[23].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.33847536712828'}^[24].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[25].
• 12790 Cernan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1354.324651744189'}^[26].
• 12790 Cernan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+99.99834'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12790 Cernan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eugene Cernan is named after 12790 Cernan^[6].

Why It Matters

12790 Cernan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]